Fly-net for horses



(M odel.)

J. F. SMITHS.

' Fly Net for Horses.

No. 237,622. Patented Feb. 8, 1881..

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC.

FLY-NET FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,622, dated February 8, 1881.

Application filed December 14, 1880. (Model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. SMITHs, of Zionsville, Lehigh county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Fly-Net for Horses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved fly-nettin g for horses which is so constructed that the lash cannot slip on the ribs, but will be firmly knotted thereto in a simple and effective manner.

The invention consists in attaching the lash of fly-nettings for horses to the ribs by passing the lash through the rib from the outer side to the inner side, and then passing it over the lower edge, outer side, and upper edge of the rib, and then through the same from the inner toward the outer side, thus forming a simple but strong connection, which cannot slip, and gives a good appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved fly-net for horses. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inner side of a rib at a connecting-point of the last rib; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the outer sides of the rib at the same'plaee.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The fly-netting is made of five longitudinal ribs A A, and a series of transverse lashes, B B, which are attached to each rib A, the end of thelashes hanging down from the lower ribs, as shown. The lashes B are passed through the ribs A, from the outer to the inner side, are passed up on the inner side of the rib, over the upper edge of the same, down over the outer side of the rib, over the lower edge, upon the inner side, and are passed through the rib from the inner to the outer side, the lashes thus passing into the rib on the outer side and leaving them on the same side. The lashes are fastened to all the ribs in this manner, the lash passing through each rib twice and passing completely around each. A strong con-' nectiou which cannot slip is thus obtained in a very simple manner, and in case the lashes are broken or damaged otherwise they can easily be removed. As each lash passes over the outer face of each rib it improves theappearance of the rib, especial] if the ribs and lashes are of a different color.

I. am aware that the transverse strip in flynets has been put from above downward through one hole, then taken around the longitudinal strips, passed through the transverse strips above the bar, and on the other side below the bar, but this causes the longitudinal bar to staudup and, rub the horse, as well as produces rapid wear.

What I claim as new, and of my invention, 1s

A fly-net for horses made, substantially as herein shown and described, of longitudinal ribs and lashes, which are united by passing the lash through the rib from the outer to the inner side, passing it CV61 the upper edge, the outer surface, and lower edge of the rib, and through the same from the inner to the outer side, as set forth.

JAMES F. SMITHS. Witnesses:

CHAS. H. APPEL, (J. 1. KNAUSS. 

